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 Topic: Collection of Tobi |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 1130 Views: 1387268 |
 Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jun 19, 2022 08:44 Subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
| Congratulations, Tobi.
I bought that book three months ago but couldn't identify the specimen as yours. Actually a piece of museum size and quality. And yes, it's an excellent book. |
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| Topic: Collection of Tobi |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 1130 Views: 1387268 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Jun 04, 2022 04:12 Subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
| Hello Tobi
I'm very glad you finally got one of your dreams. That German classic is an excellent specimen worthy of a museum. An unusual color for the species with very well defined cubes. Absolute ... |
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| Topic: Don Lum Collection |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 1886 Views: 1611608 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: May 23, 2022 03:17 Subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
| Very nice color, Don! | |
| Topic: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 1800 Views: 1832706 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: May 05, 2022 08:42 Subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
| Very good barite. Perfect and transparent crystals, with that green color that gives them a touch of elegance. | |
| Topic: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 921 Views: 1556071 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: May 02, 2022 03:24 Subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
| Dany and Tobi,
Thank you very much to both for posting your comments. I appreciate them a lot. |
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| Topic: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 921 Views: 1556071 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: May 01, 2022 13:45 Subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
| Don and Enrique, many thanks for your kind comments. | |
| Topic: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 921 Views: 1556071 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: May 01, 2022 09:37 Subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
| Outstanding quality. The Amazonite looks translucent. Congratulations.
Hi Sante The crystals are not actually translucent, but I think they would be if they were much thinner. Glad you like it. T ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 921 Views: 1556071 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: May 01, 2022 05:56 Subject: Collection of Carles Millan: Microcline from Colorado |
| Microcline - K(AlSi3O8), quartz - SiO2
Well balanced classic combination with lustrous microcline blue-green crystals aesthetically set among translucent smoky quartz crystals that add a nice color ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 921 Views: 1556071 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Apr 16, 2022 06:06 Subject: Collection of Carles Millan: Celestine from Madagascar |
| Celestine - SrSO4
Just one among hundreds of thousands of celestine specimens from Madagascar (low price but high quality). A typical group of pale blue lustrous transparent celestine crystals s ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 921 Views: 1556071 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Apr 09, 2022 14:09 Subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
| Beautiful and special Celestine Carles
Hello! I'm very glad that you like it. Thank you for your compliments. |
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| Topic: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 921 Views: 1556071 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Apr 07, 2022 15:18 Subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan: Celestine from Madagascar |
| It is a truly beautiful piece. In the periodic table of the chemical elements it lies between Gypsum and Barite. Did you see the piece before it was trimmed? We have a few large (+20 cm) geodes of Cel ... | |
| Topic: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 921 Views: 1556071 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Apr 07, 2022 03:12 Subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
| Michael, I bought it just for that particular habit. You are very lucky to have such a magnificent collection. Thanks for your kind comment. | |
| Topic: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 921 Views: 1556071 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Apr 05, 2022 13:10 Subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
| Tobi, you almost always write a full journalistic review of my posted specimens so I must be very grateful.
You are right, some mineral specimens, due to their abundance, are mostly undervalued. Br ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 921 Views: 1556071 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Apr 05, 2022 13:08 Subject: Re: Collection of Carles Millan |
| Perfect and beautiful specimen, Carles, congratulations.
Don, I'm really content that you like it. You own many excellent (and expensive) specimens that most of us enjoy when posted. |
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| Topic: Collection of Carles Millan |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 921 Views: 1556071 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Apr 05, 2022 07:58 Subject: Collection of Carles Millan: Celestine from Madagascar |
| Celestine - SrSO4
Pale blue transparent crystals of celestine showing an uncommon habit for the species rarely found in this deposit. The crystals are elongated and tapered, with steep pyramidal fa ... |
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| Topic: Mineralogist curricula |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 5 Views: 854 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Mar 19, 2022 13:45 Subject: Re: Mineralogist curricula |
| I guess mineralogist is not a profession. It is more of a hobby. However, as you know there are many mineral dealers that make a living, but none of them need to have a university degree. | |
| Topic: is this pyrite? |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 13 Views: 1985 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Mar 13, 2022 11:06 Subject: Re: is this pyrite? |
| Hi sundown57
For your question to be resolved, you should provide more details. Here you will find a guide: https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?t=1936 Thanks for your po ... |
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| Topic: Collection of Tobi |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 1130 Views: 1387268 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Mar 06, 2022 04:19 Subject: Re: Collection of Tobi |
| Tobi, I find it a very nice and aesthetic tourmaline. Well done! | |
| Topic: Collection of Miguel |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 249 Views: 314077 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Mar 01, 2022 11:45 Subject: Re: Collection of Miguel |
| Green Fluorapatite with Ferberite from Panasqueira.
Another nice specimen, showing good aesthetics in the relative position of both main crystals. |
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| Topic: Collection of Miguel |
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| Carles Millan Replies: 249 Views: 314077 |
Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: Feb 28, 2022 15:08 Subject: Re: Collection of Miguel |
| Lovely combo from Panasqueira! | |
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